Connecticut: The Happy Return of Play-Based Learning!

Connecticut: The Happy Return of Play-Based Learning!

Elizabeth Huebeck of Education Week reported on an exciting development: the return of play-based learning in Connecticut. Since the passage of No Child Left Behind more than twenty years ago, play has been pushed out of the curriculum in the early years, replaced by test-based, standardized accountability. But Mansfield Elementary School in northeastern Connecticut provides a demonstration of the power of play. The children are motivated, engag…